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Consumer Advocacy Group Demands Driving Data Be Controlled by Drivers
By Matt Posky on September 4, 2020
The Global Alliance for Vehicle Data Access (GAVDA) has issued a letter to automotive manufacturers around the world to request consumers be given direct access to the data generated by the vehicles they drive. While the group is comprised of organizations representing rental agencies, car sharing, independent vehicle repair shops that also want access to the information, it's likewise backed by several consumer advocacy groups that worry customers and small businesses are being taken advantage of.
At the core of the letter is a refutation of claims made in a June 3rd memo the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI) sent to Congress. That group is an assemblage of the world's largest industry players with an aim to monetize driving data as quickly as possible. It just so happens that the duo are diametrically opposed to how the government should handle user information. (Read More…)
Posted in Editorials, Technology
Tagged as AAI, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, automotive industry, Big Data, consumer advocacy, Data, data acquisition, driving data, GAVDA, Global Alliance for Vehicle Data Access, Government, laws, OEMs, personal data, Privacy, Repairs, Right To Repair, Right To Repair Law, right-to-repair laws, right-to-repair movement
The Hero We Need: Consumer Access to Repair Coalition
By Matt Posky on July 1, 2020
When it comes to activism, it's best to choose your battles carefully. Fortunately, there aren't too many causes within the auto industry and most are easy to get behind.
Even though environmental activists sometimes find themselves at odds with reality, their hearts are usually the right place, and they've encouraged automakers to try new and interesting things with transportation. Safety advocates can likewise go overboard, but we wouldn't have seen cars get dramatically safer (or heavier) since the 1970s if they hadn't.
Our favorite has to be consumer advocacy, however. With the exception of the occasional predatory lawsuit looking to take advantage of a dumb corporate decision, there's precious little to scoff about. It also tends to overlap with our pet peeves by decrying bad business practices within the industry. Case in point, the Consumer Access to Repair Coalition has recently asked Congress to rethink how vehicular data is shared — noting that automakers shouldn't need real-time monitoring for repairs and that the technology likely poses an unnecessary security risk. (Read More…)
Tagged as advanced driving aids, Aftermarket, automotive industry, Big Data, CAR Coalition, consumer advocacy, Data, data acquisition, driving data, Government, laws, OEMs, personal data, Privacy, Repairs, Right To Repair, Right To Repair Law, right-to-repair laws, right-to-repair movement, Technology
It's Payback Time: Right-to-repair Movement Targets John Deere
By Matt Posky on March 5, 2020
With the California Farm Bureau effectively giving away the right of farmers to repair their own equipment without involving the distributor in the spring of 2019, the right-to-repair movement fell back on its heels. Horrified by the ground lost, the group has rallied to better incorporate those hoping to fix or modify mobile devices and automobiles. Despite being disparate products, members share a common goal of returning control to consumers and preventing various industries from having a stranglehold on products they were supposed to relinquish ownership of when sold.
Hoping to better illustrate the plight of farmers, Bloomberg published an article outlining one man's struggle with John Deere. Kevin Kenney is a Nebraska-based engineer who's also a member of a grassroots campaign to undermine the corporate mandate against repairing its tractors. He believes farmers owe it to themselves to know how to fix their own equipment or risk finding themselves perpetually at the mercy of the manufacturer — while losing the skills to be self-reliant.
Why should you care? It's presumed automakers will follow a similar business plan as vehicles become increasingly networked and electric, and as executives redefine what constitutes ownership while using proprietary software as their shield. Pretty much exactly what John Deere is doing. (Read More…)
Posted in Features, News Blog
Tagged as auto repair, consumer advocacy, farm equipment, industry trends, john deere, ownership laws, Right To Repair, right-to-repair laws, vehicle repair
Consumer Reports: What Are Uber, Lyft Are Doing About Recalls?
By Matt Posky on May 21, 2019
As ride-hailing services utilize the personal vehicles of contractors, rather than a commercial fleet of their own, repairs and recalls have to be handled by individual drivers. While it shouldn't be a revelation that some recalls fall through the cracks, Consumer Reports is concerned that the ratio of unaddressed safety issues are unbecoming of companies pushing multibillion-dollar IPOs.
"Uber and Lyft are letting down their customers and jeopardizing their trust," suggested William Wallace, products policy manager for Consumer Reports. "Uber's website says people can 'ride with confidence,' while Lyft promises 'peace of mind,' yet both companies fail to ensure that rideshare cars are free from safety defects that could put passengers at risk." (Read More…)
Tagged as auto recalls, automotive safety, consumer advocacy, lyft, recalls, Repairs, reports, ride apps, ride-hailing, Safety, Studies, uber
Are Government Officials Souring On Automotive Autonomy?
Thanks to the incredibly lax and voluntary guidelines outlined by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, automakers have had free rein to develop and test autonomous technology as they see fit. Meanwhile, the majority of states have seemed eager to welcome companies to their neck of the woods with a minimum of hassle. But things are beginning to change after a handful of high-profile accidents are forcing public officials to question whether the current approach to self-driving cars is the correct one.
The House of Representatives has already passed the SELF DRIVE Act. But it's bipartisan companion piece, the AV START Act, has been hung up in the Senate for months now. The intent of the legislation is to remove potential barriers for autonomous development and fast track the implementation of self-driving technology. But a handful of legislators and consumer advocacy groups have claimed AV START doesn't place a strong enough emphasis on safety and cyber security. Interesting, considering SELF DRIVE appeared to be less hard on manufacturers and passed with overwhelming support.
Of course, it also passed before the one-two punch of vehicular fatalities in California and Arizona from earlier this year. Now some policymakers are admitting they probably don't understand the technology as they should and are becoming dubious that automakers can deliver on the multitude of promises being made. But the fact remains that some manner of legal framework needs to be established for autonomous vehicles, because it's currently a bit of a confused free-for-all. (Read More…)
Tagged as autonomous cars, Autonomous Safety, Autonomous Testing, Autonomous Vehicles, AV START, AV START Act, AVs, Congress, consumer advocacy, department of transportation, Government, Legislation, National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, Regulations, Safety, safety regulations, self-driving car, Tesla Autopilot, uber
Consumer Reports and Tesla Feud Continues Over Model 3
Tesla Motors and Consumer Reports have enjoyed a fairly contentious relationship with each other over the last few years. The nonprofit consumer advocacy organization had previously slighted the Model S for being unreliable and unsafe, but upgraded that analysis as Tesla continued improving the model. In this year's consumer survey, the model received higher marks —receiving "above-average reliability for the first time ever."
However, the Model X suffered a dismal showing and Tesla was outraged that CR gave the Model 3 a predictive average reliability score without even having driven it. The publication was quick to respond, however, and suggested the manufacturer may have misunderstood what was a fairly positive rating for an unproven platform.
While the exchanges seem somewhat trivial and maybe a little petty, this is the kind of automotive drama that's simply too fun to ignore. For whatever reason, Tesla seems unwilling to remain silent whenever some bad publicity heads its way. While it's far from the only automaker to do this, its relationship with Consumer Reports has been filled with very specific ups and downs. (Read More…)
Tagged as automotive industry, consumer advocacy, Consumer Reports, Model 3, Model S, Model X, Reliability Reports, rivalries, Tesla Motors
Consumer Reports Restores Half of Tesla's Missing Points After Braking Update
Tesla Motors has won back some of Consumer Reports' respect after being criticised for failing to include automatic emergency braking in recently built vehicles. The absence of the safety system really irked CR, resulting in a points deduction on all of the brand's existing models. Tesla said it was abnormal to see vehicles of the same generation missing preexisting safety features and docked the Model S and X two points apiece.
"When we purchased our latest test car, we were assured automatic emergency braking would be enabled by the end of 2016," explained Jake Fisher, director of Consumer Reports' Auto Test Center. "We've been waiting for this important safety feature, which is standard equipment on much cheaper cars." (Read More…)
Tagged as auto-braking, consumer advocacy, Consumer Reports, emergency braking, Model S, Model X, Tesla Motors, Vehicle Safety
Website Takes Aim at the Fine Print in Automotive Advertising
Fine print exist almost entirely to float something egregious under the radar. People get law degrees and spend countless hours decrypting the tiny text to see who got the better of who in a courtroom. If you see fine print in an advertisement, it usually means the drug you desperately need has life-ruining side effects, or the deal that seems too good to be true has horrible stipulations. It's more or less a legal way to lie to you.
Dealerships use this all the time with the classic triple zero gimmick: NO Money Down, NO Factory Financing, and NO payments until October!
However, if you take a peek below the giant block lettering promising you the greatest deal of a lifetime, you'll see infinitesimal print that reads, "With Approved Credit to Qualified Buyers." If you have to wonder if you are a qualified buyer, I can already assure you that you are not. Blessedly, a new website called Disclaimers Online wants to give consumers a sturdier leg to stand on. (Read More…)
Posted in Dealer News, News Blog
Tagged as Automotive Dealerships, car dealerships, consumer advocacy, Consumer Advocacy Websites, Dealer News, Disclaimers, Disclaimers Online
Consumer Reports Takes a Stand Against Goofy Modern Gearshifts
Oddball gearboxes have been around forever. Cord's 810 had a Wilson preselector back in the 1930s, Chrysler had the the mid-century pushbutton PowerFlite, and Oldsmobile was throwing Hurst Lighting Rods into its H/O cars in the 1980s. However, the overwhelming majority of automatic and manual transmissions have come with a strikingly familiar column or floor-mounted shifter. More recently, automakers have become a little more experimental.
Modern electronics allowed for an influx of paddle shifters, followed by an array of gear selectors that seem to serve aesthetics more than basic function. Knobs, buttons and joysticks are replacing traditional designs, occasionally at the expense of consumer safety. (Read More…)
Tagged as automatic transmissions, consumer advocacy, Consumer Reports, gearboxes, Modern Transmissions, Safety, Technology


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Celebrate national ice cream soda day with our favorite recipes
By Kaitlyn Phillips
Image: Shutterstock/Julie Vader
Ice cream has been around since the beginning of time. Well, the second century B.C., so almost since the beginning of time. If you look back to historic documents, you can see that Alexander the Great, King Solomon and Nero all enjoyed frozen, flavored treats. The first documentation of ice cream in America didn't come until 1744, when an advertisement appeared in a newspaper by Philip Lenzi, a confectioner.
But what about ice cream soda? That would take longer to come about.
Up until the early 1800s, ice cream was considered a delicacy for the elite and privileged. More on the history of the process can be read here. Part of the problem was waiting for technology to allow the same luxuries for all kinds of people. During the Industrial Revolution, for example, technology advanced: more factories were made, more ice cream could be produced, and people could store cold and frozen items in their own homes, now that they had fridges and freezers.
Several people have claimed to have invented the ice cream soda. It cannot be proven for certain, but one such person is Robert Green. In 1874, Philadelphia was celebrating its 150th birthday. Mr. Green was operating a soda shop in the city, and due to all the partiers and celebratory events, he ran out of ice for his drinks. In order to keep the customers' sodas cold, Mr. Green added ice cream instead. Little did he expect his daily sales to go from $6 to $600! It was a smashing hit, and has thrived to this day. You can thank Mr. Green for this frozen concoction, and even visit his tombstone, which reads: "Originator of the Ice Cream Soda."
Today there are numerous varieties of ice cream soda, from root beer floats to "purple cows" to "Boston coolers." But all of them boil down to the same three ingredients: syrup, carbonated water and ice cream. Check out the recipe below to enjoy this classic treat on National Ice Cream Soda Day! Or, you can wait until the Fourth of July and have the patriotic version, also below.
Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Soda
3/4 cup of chocolate syrup
1 cup of milk
4 cups of carbonated water, chilled
8 scoops chocolate ice cream (about 2-2/3 cups), divided
Whipped cream in a can (optional)
Place 3 tablespoons chocolate syrup in each of four 16-oz. glasses.
Add 1/4 cup milk and 1 cup carbonated water to each; stir until foamy.
Add two scoops of ice cream to each glass. Top with whipped cream, if desired.
Patriotic Ice Cream Soda
2-3 scoops of vanilla ice cream
3-4 tablespoons of strawberry syrup
1 (12 oz) can of Mountain Dew Blue Voltage soda
Scoop a layer of ice cream in the bottom of your glass and drizzle some strawberry syrup on top. Repeat layers until the glass is filled.
Slowly pour soda into glass.
Top with whipped cream and an extra drizzle of strawberry syrup.
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In 2008 the Society for French Studies launched an annual Malcolm Bowie Prize, to be awarded for the best article published in the preceding year by an early-career researcher in the broader discipline of French Studies.
Malcolm Bowie was not only the most eminent and inspirational Anglophone scholar of French literature and theory of his generation, he was a towering figure in the field because of his tireless devotion to the scholarly community both in the UK and abroad, his service to the Society for French Studies offering but one example of this: he was President of the Society from 1994 to 1996, as well as General editor of its journal (French Studies) from 1980 to 1987. The Society felt that it was particularly appropriate to honour his memory by founding a prize for which only early-career scholars will be eligible, since he was a remarkable mentor to countless younger scholars, both in the UK and abroad.
Entries for 2020 are open now. The closing date is 31 January 2021.
Please check back here for full details of the 2020 competition. The guidelines for the 2019 competition are available for reference, below.
The award includes:
a cash prize of £1000;
expenses-paid travel to the next annual conference of the Society for French Studies;
mention in the French Studies Bulletin and on the Society for French Studies website.
2019 competition results
The judging panel for the 2019 prize comprised Judith Still, Judith Miller, Shirley Jordan, Pierre Saint-Amand and Michael Syrotinski (chair). There were 30 submissions this year, up from 20 last year: 16 from North America (including 1 from Toronto), 10 from UK (Oxford, Cambridge, Lincoln, Westminster, Nottingham, Durham, and Warwick), 2 from Belgium, 1 from Australia (Adelaide), and 1 from Denmark (Copenhagen). There was a wide international range of journals submitting nominations: French S(tudies, Nineteenth Century French Studies, Yale French Studies, French Historical Studies, Paragraph, Criticism, Fabula: LHT, Iranian Studies, FMLS, Contemporary French Civilisation, French Politics, Culture and Society, New Literary History, MethIS, Francosphères, L'Esprit créateur, and Lumen.
It was a very strong field, which was narrowed down to a shortlist of 6 after the first round. All judges read or re-read all 6 essays, and one clear winner emerged from the second round.
We are very pleased to announce that the 2019 Malcolm Bowie prize is awarded to:
Annabel Kim (Harvard), for her article 'The Excremental Poetics of Daniel Pennac's Journal d'un corps', published in French Studies, 67.3 (2019).
The quality of the shortlisted articles was so high that the panel agreed there should be two joint-runners up this year. These are:
Tracy Rutler (Penn State), 'Prosthetic Matters: On Blindness, Machines, and Knowledge in Diderot's Letter on the Blind', Criticism, 60.2 (2019).
Thibaut Radomme (Louvain-la-Neuve/Lausanne), 'Jeux de lettres, jeu du texte. L'hermétisme du "Roman de Fauvel" (Paris, BnF, français 146) au service de la satire', in Marion Uhlig et Martin Rohde (eds), Belles Lettres. Les figures de l'écrit au Moyen Âge (Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag (Scrinium Friburgense, 44), 2019).
Warm congratulations to the winner and runners-up. The chair of the judging panel would also like to thank the panellists for offering their valuable time, for their perceptive comments and well-balanced judgements, and for continuing to give such care and attention to the prize competition in these difficult and challenging times.
The 2019 prize will be presented at next year's SFS conference in Belfast.
Conditions and how to enter
The Society invites nominations of articles published in 2020 from editors of learned journals, editors or publishers of collected volumes, and heads of university departments. Authors may not self-nominate (though they may ask editors, publishers, or university departments to consider nominating them). There is a limit of one entry per author per calendar year while eligible. Where more than one nomination for an author is received, the panel chair will ask for the author's preference as to which entry goes forward. To be eligible for nomination, authors must be within five years of obtaining their PhD when their article is published. In addition, they must either have been registered for their PhD or worked since then in a Department of French/Modern Languages, or equivalent. Articles may be published anywhere in the world, but must be written in French or English.
Nominations should be submitted by email to Professor Michael Syrotinski (Michael.Syrotinski@glasgow.ac.uk), together with a statement which includes full publication details of the article concerned and an indication of how the candidate satisfies the two criteria for eligibility specified above. Nominations should be accompanied by a PDF file of the article as it appears in print. Nominations not accompanied by a PDF file will not be valid.
The deadline for receipt of nominations for the 2020 Prize (including the article itself) is 31 January 2021. Entries may be submitted immediately.
How the competition is judged
The articles are evaluated in two rounds. The competition is judged by a panel of 5 readers, including distinguished international scholars in French Studies. The panel for the 2019 competition comprised Judith Still (SFS President), Michael Syrotinski (SFS Vice-President), Shirley Jordan (Newcastle), Judith Miller (NYU), and Pierre-St. Amand (Yale). Each essay is read and evaluated by a panel member according to their area of expertise, avoiding any potential conflict of interest or personal association with the author. The articles scoring most highly in the first round are shortlisted, and progress to a second round, in which all judges read and score all articles. The prize is awarded to the article achieving the highest overall aggregate score from the panel of judges.
Winner: Annabel Kim
'The Excremental Poetics of Daniel Pennac's Journal d'un corps'
Annabel Kim (Harvard), for her article "The Excremental Poetics of Daniel Pennac's Journal d'un corps," published in French Studies, Vol. LXXIII, No. 3, 2019
French Studies, 73.3 (2019)
Runner up: Tracy Rutler
'Prosthetic Matters: On Blindness, Machines, and Knowledge in Diderot's Letter on the Blind'
Criticism, 60.2 (2019)
Runner up: Thibaut Radomme
'Jeux de lettres, jeu du texte: l'hermétisme du "Roman de Fauvel" (Paris, BnF, français 146) au service de la satire'
Louvain-la-Neuve/Lausanne
Marion Uhlig et Martin Rohde (éd.), Belles Lettres: les figures de l'écrit au Moyen Âge, Wiesbaden, Reichert Verlag (Scrinium Friburgense, 44), 2019
Winner: Laura Hughes
'In the library of Jacques Derrida: manuscript materiality after the archival turn'
New Literary History, 49.3 (Summer 2018), 403-424
Runner up: Yan Wang
'L'écriture et le problème de l'ancienne histoire chinoise'
Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Monde français du dix-huitième siècle, 3.1 (2018), 1-20.
Winner: Eliza Zingesser
Pidgin Poetics: Bird Talk in Medieval France and Occitania
New Medieval Literatures, 17 (2017), 62-80
Runner up: Andrea Gadberry
The Cupid and the Cogito: Cartesian Poetics
Critical Inquiry, 43.3 (Spring 2017), 738-51
Runner up: Annabel Kim
The Riddle of Racial Difference in Anne Garréta's Sphinx
Diacritics, 45.1 (2017), 4-22
Winner: Tobias Warner
How Mariama Bâ Became World Literature: Translation and the Legibility of Feminist Critique
PMLA, 131: 5 (October 2016), 1239-55
Runner up: Dónal Hassett
Pupilles de l'Empire: Debating the Provision for Child Victims of the Great War in the French Empire
French Historical Studies, 39: 2 (April 2016), 315-45
Winner: Jennifer Rushworth
Proust, Derrida, and the Promise of Writing
French Studies, 69.2 (April 2015), 205-29.
Winner: Edward Baring
Ne me raconte plus d'histoires: Derrida and the Problem of the History of Philosophy
Harvard University, 2009
History and Theory, 53.2 (2014), 175-193;
Winner: Chad B. Denton
Steel of Victory, Scrap of Defeat: Mobilizing the French Home Front, 1939-40
PhD (University of California, Berkeley, 2009)
War & Society, 33.2 (2014), 98-130.
Runner up: Katie Hornstein
Suspended Collectivity: Horace Vernet's The Crossing of the Arcole Bridge(1826)'
PhD (University of Michigan, 2010)
Art History, 37.3 (2014), 428-53;
Runner up: Robert St. Clair
Laughing Matter(s): Poetics, Politics, and Ethics of the (Utopian) Body in Rimbaud's Effarés
PhD (University of Minnesota, 2011)
Romanic Review, 104.1-2 (2013), 117-38 [article published in 2014]
Winner: Christopher Churchill
'The Unlikely Barrèsian Inheritance of Albert Camus'
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
, Journal of the Canadian Historical Association / Revue de la Société historique du Canada 23:2 (2012), 251-297. [Journal year 2012, number published in 2013.]
Runner up: Jennifer Edwards
'"Man Can be Subject to Woman": Female Monastic Authority in Fifteenth-Century Poitiers'
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gender & History 25:1 (2013), 86-106
Runner up: Michael Meere
'La violence sur la scène classique: une question de (dé)goût'
L'Invention du mauvais goût à l'âge classique (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle), ed. Carine Barbafieri and Jean-Christophe Abramovici (Éditions Peeters, 2013), 123-40
Winner: Hannah Freed-Thall
'Prestige of a Momentary Diamond: Economies of Distinction in Proust'
New Literary History (2012)
Runner up: Elizabeth Everton
'Scenes of Perception and Revelation: Gender and Truth in Anti-Dreyfusard Caricature'
French Historical Studies (2012)
Winner: Andrew Counter
'One of Them: Homosexuality and Anarchism in Wilde and Zola'
Comparative Literature 63.4 (Fall 2011), 345-65.
Runner up: Maria Muresan
'Wittgenstein in Recent French Poetics: Henri Meschonnic and Jacques Roubaud'
Paragraph 34.3 (November 2011), 423–40.
Winner: Frédérique Aït-Touati
'Penser le ciel à l'âge classique: Fiction, hypothèse et astronomie de Kepler à Huygens'
Annales HSS (March–April 2010), 325–44.
Runner up: Rowan Tomlinson
'"Intelligible sans discipline": enumeration, observation, and communication in Montaigne's Apologie de Raimond Sebond',
in Stephen Bamforth (ed.), Nouveaux Départs: Studies in Honour of Michel Jeanneret, Nottingham French Studies, 49:3 (2010), 87–109.
Winner: Dorian Bell
'The Jew as Model: Anti-Semitism, Aesthetics, and Epistemology in Manette Salomon'
University of California at Irvine
Modern Language Notes, 124:4 (September 2009), 825–47
Winner: Luke Sunderland
'Le Cycle de Renart: From the Enfances to the Jugement in a Cyclical Roman de Renart Manuscript'
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
French Studies, 62 (2008), 1–12
Runner up: Simon Kemp
'Darrieussecq's Mind'
St John's College, Oxford
French Studies, 62 (2008), 429–41
Winner: Miranda Gill
'The Myth of the Female Dandy'
French Studies 61 (2007), 167–81
Winner: Hugh Roberts
'La tête de Bruscambille et les métaphores mentales au début du XVIIe siècle'
Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France, 107 (2007), 541–57
Professor Michael Syrotinski
Michael.Syrotinski@glasgow.ac.uk
School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Hetherington Building
G12 8RS


I think the earth changes, always has...always will. But they wanna make some cash off of it in the long run. Charging people taxes is a load of crap. besides, in 2012 the year of aquarius is sposed to come along...so why wouldnt the ice caps melt and the polar bears start to die?
Makes me think of Al Gore... Therefore I try not to think about it if I can at all help it.
Apparently it is a real problem that threatens our life on Earth. No one has discredited the idea enough to make it go away. Dealing with it is another matter. If you put a frog in a dish of hot water, it jumps out. If you put the frog in cool water and then gradually increase the temperature, slowly heating it up, the frog will remain in the water and be cooked to death. We tend to ignore slow small changes, often to our detriment. Our lifestyle in America is so dependent on heavy energy use that any changes in sources of energy are frightening and difficult. Why jump out of the dish if it's just a little warmer? No one seems willing to make the sacrifices necessary to address the problem. Wind power may not be the perfect solution, but why we are not building windmills everywhere is a mystery to me... except for vested interests, big energy companies, who don't really seem to care if the water is warming as long as they are getting rich and leading the lifestyle of the wealthy. Barack Obama seems like a leader with enough intelligence and enough guts to confront issues like this that others run away from. But he is up against the entrenched big money interests, so it is hard to get anything through Congress, which seems more interested in money than people, in big business more than citizens. Only by millions of citizens vocally supporting the president do we have a chance to do something positive to save ourselves from this and other potentially catastrophic problems. Let's all support alternative energy options vigorously to show we care about our long term viability.
we all will die not from global warming but from a meteor that is 2x the size of earth and will hit us at 2012 December 21 at 12:45pm If you dont beleive me look it up... it is also the last day on the mayan calandar Ahhh!
I think we are all going to die someday. . . might as well go out with a bang! Plus if the earth does end due to global warming it won't be in this life time or even our great grandchildrens life time so stop worrying about it. There is nothing we can do because not everyone is going to change their life style so there is no point in trying. I know I'm not going to change how I live.
My family and I take it very seriously and do our part each day to reduce our print on the world.
I believe in it. However, with this year's unusually cool summer, I think there's some cooling thing going on, too.
its going happening and theres no way of resversing it at this point. What weather changes are coming because of this? The artic it's gone ,love the al gore stated above he did a great job in saving us, won the the prize collected millions, which i hear he might use to re-run again. but knw it's here and you live with it. The artic will be gone before you know it get ready for some dire times people..
I am not sure, while apart of me believes, another part questions if it's real.
definetly more rainfall. more heat = more evaporation = more rain.
Fraud. Hoax. Politically motivated. The new global communist threat. Cherry-picking of science to fit a political agenda. If those who really "believed" manmade global warming to be both real, and an actual problem, were to vociferously advocate widespread deployment of nuclear power, they *might* have some credibility. But until that unlikely reality, their political motives shine through.
It is an anti industrial, anti technology hoax.
Global warming exists, but this summer doesn't seem like it, with all the unusually cool days.
Our grace period between ice ages is coming to a close, and there's evidence we may be aggrivating the shift in some way, shape or form. Either way, the byproducts of industrial culture are toxic regardless of whether or not they're contributing to global warming.
I am so sick of the stupid, the blind and the lazy who want to say this kind of rubbish that global warming does not exist. How blind do you have to friggin be?
I agree with the founder of the Weather Channel, common sense, history, and the 31,000 scintists that say it's a hoax.
8-28-2017 It has been known since some time in the 40s that the bumper crops every year on American farms are due to an unusual spell of warm weather, not on fertilizer or machinery. So when the weather turns, the country is in deep trouble.


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By Clark Hultquist and Carey Heatherly
Montevallo: a mountain in a valley. This bucolic, natural phrase aptly describes the beauty of this central Alabama town. Early settlers were drawn to the area by its abundant agricultural and mineral resources, and in 1826, the tiny village of Montevallo was born. The nature of the town changed significantly in 1896 with the founding of the Alabama Girls' Industrial School, now the University of Montevallo. The Olmsted Brothers firm of Brookline, Massachusetts, laid out the central campus, and its master plan still inspires current development. Since 1896, the focus of the town has shifted from agriculture and mining to education. The university's mission is to be Alabama's "Public Liberal Arts College." Prominent figures include writer and veteran E. B. Sledge, actresses Polly Holliday and Rebecca Luker, and Major League Baseball player Rusty Greer.
Clark Hultquist, Ph.D., is professor of history and chair of the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, and assistant professor Carey Heatherly, MLIS, is reference librarian and archivist at the University of Montevallo. The authors have assembled these photographs from the university's Carmichael Library and other local history collections to illustrate the rich heritage of this university town.


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The Russian epic War and Peace hails as one of the most highly acclaimed novels ever composed. Written by Leo Tolstoy and first published in 1869, the novel presents itself as a panorama of Russian society during the Napoleonic Wars. Throughout the work, Tolstoy illustrates the divide between the reality of war and the naïve and false perceptions of battle perceived by those who know only peace. War and Peace offers a vast depiction of individual struggles against immorality and social conflict. Lack of interest in the common good and the selfish detachment of Russian aristocracy from the toils of reality act as prominent elements in the story. The structure of the novel entails a shifting focus between different characters, namely Countess Natasha Rostova, Prince Andrey Bolkonsky, and Pierre Bezukhov. The three major characters each experience an internal transformation in response to the war. In the story, the encroaching conflict causes the characters to evaluate their previous ideals, morality, and affectations. The inclusion of Tolstoy's somewhat controversial reflections on the history in the work contrast with the traditional methods used by historians. However, the novel proved widely popular upon its release to the public. War and Peace addresses the artificiality and separation of Russian high society, even in the wake of destruction, as a social dilemma and demonstrates the impact of war upon humanity.
War and Peace illustrates the conflict between the reality of war and the pretense of peace postured in Russia during the Napoleonic Wars and depicts a social dilemma of society's prioritization of personal interests above the concerns of others. Throughout the novel, Tolstoy stresses the inauthenticity and selfishness ...
...apoleon's approaching army. After Natasha discovers the truth of Anatole's intentions and his marriage to another woman, Natasha enters a deep depression and endures the absurd and expensive ministrations of many doctors. Natasha illustrates the social dilemma presented in the work as she begins to adopt the same selfish mindset of her peers without consideration to how it will affect those around her, specifically Andrey. After Napoleon's invasion of Moscow and Prince Andrey's death, Natasha realizes the triviality her previous behavior and experiences a self-transformation. Throughout the remainder of the novel, Natasha presents herself as mature and reserved character, contrasting greatly to Tolstoy's depiction of her in earlier passages. Pierre also a faces a similar transformation and through the ongoing struggles of the war, overcomes his own moral dilemma.
What will be Putin's Crimean War?
This was intended to mirror the 'Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité' of the Révolution française, and indeed had a comparably profound impact on the Russian culture and consciousn... ... middle of paper ... ...iss European culture which is 'rejecting their roots, … denying moral principles and all traditional identities', as Mr. Putin puts it, much like Nicholas I did. But the state is also eager to exploit nationalist sentiment proceeding from the spate of migrants. In the absence of a major military victory, like that over Napoleon, something else must fuel patriotism. Nationalism is exceptionally convenient. As Judt argues, the state is indispensable to bind people together.
They live like parasites on the body of Russia's society. This is how Tolstoy describes this class in general, but he also depicts two representatives of this upper class, Andrew Bolkonsky and Pierre Bisuhov, who were the more intellectual ones, and whose lives and views of war and life changed as the result of the war. Andrew was interested in a military career, and wasn't completely satisfied with the czar, while Pierre wasted his life on alcohol – his everyday activity.
The Tsarist System of Government of Russia
Here war was an important factor, however it was not the only factor. Otherwise reform would not have occurred without war. I believe that if these other aforementioned factors were important enough to cause political change, then they must rank alongside war in terms of importance. However it was not "the locomotive of history". i Together with discontent in the populace, and its manifestations (strikes, revolutionary activity, and assassinations), I believe War invariably changed the Russian political system.
The Extent to Which the First World War was Caused by the Alliance System
The Extent to Which the First World War was Caused by the Alliance System Many historians have debated about the main causes of World War I. The importance of the alliance system, which was developed in Europe in the decades before, as a cause for the war is still an important topic that historians debate today. The alliance system was the division of two armed camps between the European major powers: the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy) and the Triple Entente (Britain France and Russia). This system was a major proponent of the war, because it had created unnecessary tensions, was unable to resolve long-term problems, and created expectations among the nations involved. However, it being the sole reason for the cause of the war only goes so far as to an extent.
Turgenev
They rejected all common assumptions about serfdom, the foundations of Russian hierarchy, and its reform, including all of its social and economic ramifications. Turgenev's novel "Fathers and Sons", successfully identifies these diverse views (Romanticism vs. Realism) on reforming Russia through the depiction of its characters. Turgenev represents a contrast of old generation of liberal/conservative romantics, through the portrayals of Nicholas and Paul Kirsanov and the new radical, nihilist generation through Basarov. Turgenev demonstrates the tension and difference in beliefs between the two generations early in the novel with the return of Arcady and the introduction of his nihilist mentor Bazarov. Within one of the first encounters between Bazarov and the Kirsanov brothers, Bazarov begins verbally assessing the differences between the generations.
The Crimean War
(Blake 1). He also believes that the inevitable drift into the war was aggravated by the back and forth nature of the rulers of the opposing countries and bad diplomacy. The immediate excuses of the war were for protection of oppressed minorities and retaliation against the death of nationalists in religious riots. Philip Warner believes that the main cause of the war was that Britain and Russia were both large countries and only one of them would be able to prevail. At the time, Britain was a country that stretched all the way to India and they couldn't afford to have line of communication through the Middle East cut.
Madness And Madness In Kate Chopin's The Awakening
The casting away of her ring symbolizes Edna throwing off the shackles of society and a loveless marriage to be her own person. She stamps on the ring, showing her distaste for her path in life and her choices in the past. Edna's madness, and break down, show her deteriorating patience with her life and the mothering façade she wears day to day. Society views her as mad when she moves out of her husband's house to live on her own. She breaks away from her life to set herself
Revolutionary Wars?
Throughout the piece Paine speaks of war and revolutions with a disconnect between the two, war is always bad and a business for governments but he supports revolutions, at least Euro-centric ones. He does not mention that revolution is a war, albeit it is the people's war, nevertheless they can be just as nasty as government run wars. Paine writes against the lucrative business of war, yet his entire reason for writing not only this book but also Common Sense is to encourage the people of certain nations to rise up and if necessary start a war if not a civil war. He fails to accept the consequences or think his urging of revolutions through. In the French Revolution many heinous acts occurred, one in particular was the lynch mob, executioners of Foulon and Bertier.
Disillusionment in Europe During the years 1914-1918
World War I emanated from European leaders' aggression toward other countries, which was supported by the rising nationalism. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race, which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of a war greatly exceeding the lethality of European expectation. A spirit of nationalism rang high in the atmosphere pre-world war Europe. Many were engrossed by potential benefits war could bring to their lives. Nationalism, however, was not a new idea; at the settlement of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the principle of nationalism was ignored in favor of preserving the peace.
Causes Of World War One And The Treaty Of Paris
For example, elements like secret agreements, economic barriers, high numbers of weapons among nations, and intense imperialistic goals were all things which had contributed to the state of tension and war and were all elements that Wilson sought to avoid in the name of keeping the peace in the future. Summary This paper has looked at some of the more overwhelming factors which led to World War One. While imperialism and alliances were two of the major pillars which led to the war, one could argue that it was the tension, fear and lack of trust that pervaded among nations that was most prominently the aggravated reason for the war. The treaty of Paris sought to maintain peace among the nations while punishing Germany, and by establishing the League of Nations, but World War Two is a manifestation of that ultimate failure.
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Diskin delighted to earn derby win while Kelly left frustrated by Rams display
Jason Crookes dives over for a 60th minute try which helped Batley clinch victory. Pictures: Paul Butterfield
Batley Bulldogs coach Matt Diskin was delighted with his side's derby success over Dewsbury on Good Friday, while Rams counterpart Neil Kelly was left frustrated at his side's poor second half performance.
Diskin praised both sides for producing an entertaining game, with Batley earning thebragging rights thanks to an 18-10 win.
Diskin said: ""I thought it was a really good game of rugby. I thought both teams defended exceptionally well and made it hard for each other.
"We were a little bit off with the ball in hand and in the sense of being clinical it didn't really work for us but I thought it was a really good game.
"This slope is irrelevant for us. It may be for some teams but not for us. We should have capitalised more on some of the field positions we had in the first half but coming up the slope isn't an issue for us, we train on it and play on it and it is normal for us and coming up hill or down hill doesn't matter to us.
"We controlled the field position (in the second half) and the only time Dewsbury got out was through a little bit of ill discipline and penalties but other than that I thought we were pretty ruthless in controlling field position.
"These games are always a little bit different because its a derby and there a nerves and players on both sides want to get one over the other.
"Two points against your local team is the main bit and we have done that which is a right step forward."
A frustrated Kelly said: "When you have got a completion rate of 48 per cent, you are never going to win a game.
"We have worked really hard, especially on defence, where I thought we were superb most of the time, but we failed in the second half to apply any pressure on the Batley line and I feel we have let Batley off the hook.
"Fair do's to Batley, they have won the game, but I don't think the referee has helped us.
"We went through a period in the second half where they had four, possibly five sets of six because of penalties and knock ons."
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The lawsuit filed by an entertainment company against Paris Hilton can continue, a federal judge ruled Tuesday
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A hypothesis called Apache Pig was developed on top of Apache Hadoop ecosystem MapReduce to process wide range and a large amount of dataset. Pig is a platform developed by Yahoo which was later converted into an open source Apache project. A large amount of data can be analyzed using Apache Pig by transforming the dataset into data flows. Map Reduce architecture works functions by transforming the programs into series of different Map and Reduces phases. In Map Reduce framework, programs need to be translated into a series of Map and Reduce stages. Since this does not come under a programming model, it becomes difficult for a data analyst to get accustomed with. Apache Pig was built on top of Apache Hadoop ecosystem to fill this gap.
Pig Latin is a scripting language which can be used to perform ETL operations (Extract, Transform and Load) as well as raw data analysis. Similar to SQL scripting and query language, Pig is also used to load and dump the data in the required structure after applying various constraints and filters.
A java runtime environment i.e. JRE is required to run the created programs. All the operations are effectively handled by Hadoop by converting the operations into Map and Reduce modules. This allows the programmer to focus on the operations rather than concentrating on each and every Mapper and Reducer functions.
Pig converts all the operations into Map and Reduce tasks which can be efficiently processed on Hadoop. It basically allows us to concentrate on the whole operation irrespective of the individual mapper and reducer functions. The main reason behind the development of Pig is to find an easy and better approach to program applications using Map Reduce. Previously, JAVA was the only programming language used to process and analyze dataset using HDFS.
Pig can find applications in data analysis where query operations are being used on a dataset. For example, to find all the rows having a value of the variable income greater than $50,000. This can also be applied in the cases where there is a need to combine two different datasets on the basis of a key value. Pig can also be used in the situations when it is required to keep on applying an algorithm on a dataset in an iterative manner. Ideal for ETL operations and managing irregular schema data, it also promotes applying a sequential procedure to transform the data.
Pig provides a great number of the rich set of operators to be used. Providing operations such as filter, join, sort etc. to different operators.
Pig Latin is easy to write and shares similarity with SQL query language. Being good at one of these can help with the other one as well. Enabling ease to write programs.
Provides various optimization opportunities. It is required to concentrate more on the semantics of the language. Roles related to the execution of the programs are handled by the Apache Pig itself.
Apache Pig provides the ability to extend the system i.e. extensibility. Users can create their desired functions using the existing operators, users can develop their own functions to read, process, and write data.
Procedures to developing user defined function using other programming languages like JAVA are provided as well. Also, it is possible to call and merge these functions using Pig Scripts.
A wide range of data can be handled and managed using Apache Pig. Provides ways to manage both structured and unstructured data. The result is stored using HDFS.
Apache Pig is a preferred approach while writing MapReduce modules as knowledge of Python and Java Programming language is required otherwise.
Apache Pig differs from MapReduce in the type of the approach and data flow. MapReduce is a low-level model while Apache Pig is a high-level model used for data processing.
Pig Latin can be used to achieve the benefits of MapReduce without even using JAVA programming language and its implementations. Making it very easy for the user to grasp the concept of Pig.
Varied MapReduce tasks can be achieved using a single MapReduce query. This shortens the length of the code by a great extent. Reducing the development period by a large degree.
Performing various data operations such as sorting, joins and filtering etc. is a big task. These same functions can be performed easily using Apache Pig.
A join operation is simple to execute in case of Apache Pig. In the case of MapReduce, it is required to create and initiate multiple MapReduce tasks. These tasks are required to be executed sequentially to complete the desired functionality.
Nested data types such as maps, tuples and bags are provided as well which are not present in MapReduce.
The following components form the fundamentals behind the Apache Pig architecture and its working. Let's go through these components one by one.
The Parser performs the functioning of handling the script as and performs the functions related to syntax checking, type checking etc. The Parser provided the output to the user in the form of Directed acyclic graphs. These graphs represent the statements with logical operators belonging to Pig Latin.
The Directed acyclic graphs contain the information about the nodes using the logical operators and the edges using the flow of the data.
The operations such as projection and pushdown which comes under logical optimizer are performed using the logic plan represented using the Directed acyclic graphs.
The logical plan from the optimizer is given to the compiler which performs the job of converting it to a sequence of MapReduce jobs.
After performing the above operations, all the jobs under MapReduce are handed to Hadoop sequentially. The execution of the MapReduce jobs then takes place on Hadoop for the required results.
Apache Pig can be downloaded using the following command on a Linux operating system.
To untar the above-downloaded package following command can be used.
Set the required path to the Apache Pig directory structure using the command as follows.
We are going to use YELP review dataset which contains the reviews related to different businesses.The data has been extracted from the YELP website and stored in a script named as yelp.csv. The yelp.csv file contains variables names as user_id, business_id, date, stars, review_length, votes_funny, votes_useful, votes_cool, votes_total, pos_words, neg_words and net_sentiment.
Below are the sample rows extracted from the YELP reviews dataset.
This file has 1,569,264 rows of data across 12 columns.
We can run Apache Pig in local mode using the following command.
After executing the above command on the terminal, the below output is observed.
We can run Apache Pig in cluster mode using the following command.
The above command shows a grunt shell. PigLatin statements can be executed in a fast manner using this grunt shell. This can be used to verify or test the data flows without following a sequential procedure with a complete script. Now let's move ahead and test our data using PigLatin.
The data present in the dataset can be queried to test various Pig Latin implementations and procedures. The first step is to make data accessible in Pig.
The following command can be used to load the yelp reviews data into a variable using Pig Latin.
In the previous command, we have used reviews which are called the relation or alias in Pig but are not a variable. This statement does not make any Map Reduce task to execute. The keyword PigStorage(',') is used since the records in the database are separated using a comma operator.
Names of the fields present in a dataset can be given using 'as' keyword. This keyword assigns a name for every field or column present in the dataset.
To test whether the data has been successfully loaded using the previous command, a DUMP command can be used.
After executing the previous command, the terminal shows a large text on the screen which forms the output of the DUMP command. We have shown only partial output as below.
Successfully read records from: "/home/hadoop/pig/myscripts/yelp.csv"
Successfully stored records in: "file:/ptmp/ptemp-5323122347/tmp2718191010,"
Once a DUMP statement is executed, the MapReduce job starts as well. From the previous output, it can be seen that the data has been successfully loaded into the reviews field.
After loading the data desired queries can be performed on the dataset. Listing the reviews with net sentiment with value less than 10.
The above statements filter the alias reviews and store the results in a new alias netsentiment_less_than_ten. The netsentiment_less_than_ten alias will have only records of reviews where the net_sentiment is greater than 10.
The DUMP command is only used to display information onto the standard output. The data can be stored in a file using the following command.


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Q: Python Dataframe Amount Distribute Based on Priority How to divide 4000 Rs amount based on Demand and Rank in FinalAmount Column.
Total Demand is 4200 but i received 200 less then based on Demand and Rank it should get amount.
The below data is for single customer having multiple account.
How to do this in Dataframe

CustNo
AccountNo
Demand
Rank
FinalAmount

101
Acct1
3000
1
3000

101
Acct2
800
2
800

101
Acct3
400
3
200

I want to calculate this in Python Dataframe. The data is for single customer

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The Florida Times-Union has an article up about the opening of Sun-Ray Cinema this week in Jacksonville. Tim Massett – a Jacksonville native – and Shana David-Massett are behind the new theatre, which will feature a new screen, a kitchen, and other improvements in general.
I'm immensely excited about the new theater opening this week, especially with the potential lineup of initial films we'd get – Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Descendants, The Human Centipede 2 (probably be skipping that one – I got enough centipede shenanigans from the first one), and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
The theater space used to be home to the 5 Points Theatre, which was a great place for indie movie and film event lovers (which definitely included us – two of our posts about films at 5 Points are here and here). The theater has been closed since Halloween, so I've definitely been jonesing for independent cinema. I've got high hopes for Sun-Ray, especially for their special events, like screenings of The Walking Dead on Sundays.
Check out Sun-Ray's blog right here.
On that note, I probably won't even be able to check out the theater until early next week. Sun-Ray isn't really scheduled to open until Friday, and I'll be out of town. And even if it opens on Thursday (the article mentions the theater could open "a day or two earlier if renovations go well") I can't attend, as it's my birthday and I've already got plans. Although that would be an awesome birthday present. I guess there's always tomorrow.
Anyway, the reason I'll be out of town is that I'm going to Orlando to visit Universal Studios for my aforementioned birthday. Normally I probably wouldn't blog about visiting a theme park – even one that revolves around movies – but I figured this was a special occasion since THEJAWSRIDEISCLOSING!!??
The news comes from JoBlo (can you tell I get most of my movie news from them?) via the Universal Orlando Resort Facebook page, and their post explains that the 20+ year-old ride is getting the axe because Universal is putting in something "new, innovative & amazing".
I'm glad I get to experience the ride one last time because a) I haven't been to Universal Studios in years and b) I missed riding on the Back to the Future attraction one last time before it was converted into The Simpsons ride. Not this time, uncaring Universal Studios Florida executives. Not this time.
I'll post something next week about my last experience with the ride.
In other news, courtesy of – wait for it…JoBlo (via Yahoo! Movies), we finally have a trailer for The Cabin in the Woods, a horror/sci-fi flick directed by Drew Goddard (writer of Cloverfield) produced by Joss Whedon, and co-written by both of them. According to Wikipedia, Cabin has been delayed for about two years now. It was filmed before Chris Hemsworth did Thor, look at how puny he looks!
@rodders - I can't help but agree. Between this and The Avengers, it looks like Whedon is going to have a hell of a good year. Thanks for reading!
@ruth I'm pretty excited for it now. What's up with the forcefield???
I'm glad I got to experience the Jaws ride as a kid even though I was ultimately disappointed by how cheesy the shark looked. I wish they would just refurbish the ride and make it more scary. It's almost as if they're putting the film out to pasture as well....sad really.
@markuswelby1 - Agreed. It would probably be pretty easy to just fix it up. Sounds like they want to put more Harry Potter stuff in there, though, so it probably wouldn't matter what was there to begin with.


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Joe Biden announces arrival of Commander, the new White House puppy
A new member has joined the White House family! President Joe Biden announced on Twitter Monday that he has a new puppy named Commander.
"Welcome to the White House, Commander," Biden wrote on social media, along with a photo of the family's new dog. The new addition to the Biden family is pictured running on a lawn with a tennis ball in its mouth.
USA TODAY has reached out to White House representatives for further comment.
Commander's arrival marks the third time a dog will live in the White House since Biden began his role as commander in chief in Jan. 2021. The Bidens previously owned two German Shepherds, Champ and Major.
Major made headlines for incidents involving government staff. In March, Major was sent back to Delaware after he caused a "minor injury" to a U.S. Secret Service employee.
'OUR SWEET, GOOD BOY': First pooch Champ Biden dies, age 13, after months in White House
After returning to the White House, Major was involved in another incident a few weeks later while "adjusting to his new surroundings," according to Michael LaRosa, a spokesman for first lady Jill Biden. As a result, the dog went to "off-site, private training" before returning to the White House at the end of April.
Major will now be living at another house, according to The New York Times.
"After consulting with dog trainers, animal behaviorists and veterinarians, the first family has decided to follow the experts' collective recommendation that it would be safest for Major to live in a quieter environment with family friends," said Michael LaRosa, Jill Biden's spokesman, according to Times. "This is not in reaction to any new or specific incident, but rather a decision reached after several months of deliberation as a family and discussions with experts."
The Bidens' other German Shepherd, Champ, died in June at age of 13.
Commander isn't the only new furry animal expected to join the Bidens. After Major last returned to the White House, Jill Biden said the family would eventually welcome a cat to Washington D.C.
There is no timetable as to when the Bidens will welcome a new pet. Jill Biden told the New York Times in September that Major's incidents with government staff delayed the cat's arrival, saying, "I don't even know whether I can get the cat back at this point."
Contributing: Elise Brisco, Jenna Ryu, Rasha Ali and Hannah Yasharoff
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The Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan's Cause of Death Revealed at the age of 46 earlier this year, and now the Cranberries singer's cause of death has been revealed.
As the Canadian Press reports, a coroner's inquest ruled that she accidentally drowned in a bathtub due to drinking.
She was found dead in a London hotel bathtub on January 15, with five miniature alcohol bottles and a bottle of champagne in the room. Toxicology reports found that her blood alcohol level was four times the legal driving limit.
There was no evidence of self-harm, and she did not leave a note.
"There's no evidence that this was anything other than an accident," coroner Shirley Radcliffe said.
O'Riordan's bandmates have issued a statement on the ruling, sending their "heartfelt condolences" to her family and sharing their appreciation for the "positive impact" she made on people's lives through her music.
Read the full message below.
O'Riordan previously suffered from back problems, and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2015. She'd also discussed her struggles with sexual abuse, depression and an eating disorder.
At the time of O'Riordan's death, the Cranberries were in London to record a new album. The band's debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We is slated to get a 25th anniversary reissue on October 19 via UMC. As previously reported, the band are also planning to finish and release their new studio album in the future.
Today would have been the singer's 47th birthday.
The Cranberries Share New Song "Wake Me When It's Over"


Dr. Ben Philpot is an associate director at UNC neuroscience center. He earned his Ph.D. in psychobiology from the University of Virginia in the lab of Dr. Peter Brunjes. He performed a neuroscience postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Bear at Brown University and M.I.T., before coming to UNC in 2004. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and a member of the Neurobiology Curriculum and the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities. He is the co-Director of a cross-disciplinary postdoctoral training grant for the CIDD. He studies basic mechanisms of cortical plasticity during critical periods of brain development. His recent research has focused on identifying the synaptic basis and therapeutic approaches for treating monogenic neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr. Matt Judson earned his Ph.D. under Dr. Pat Levitt at Vanderbilt University. He was the recipient of a postdoctoral NRSA from NINDS, and he is currently a NARSAD Young Investigator. The principal focus of his research in the Philpot lab is to determine the cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying Angelman syndrome-like phenotypes in model mice, with an emphasis on factors contributing to excitatory/inhibitory imbalance. He is also using complementary diffusion tensor imaging and electron microscopy approaches to investigate causes of microcephaly in Angelman syndrome mice. His general research interests include neurodevelopmental disorders and forebrain circuit development and function.
Dr. Mike Sidorov earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience at MIT in 2014. He is broadly interested in understanding how experience modifies synapses, cells, and circuits, and how these processes are disrupted in mouse models of human disease. As a graduate student, he studied how metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling regulates synaptic plasticity in mouse visual cortex, and tested the hypothesis that pharmacological inhibition of metabotropic glutamate receptors in adulthood may improve synaptic function and behavior in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome. He currently focuses on how experience modifies synapses and circuits in mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders, using in vivo and in vitro methods.
Dr. Bin Gu graduated from Duke University for his Ph.D. in 2015 and joined the Philpot lab. His broad research interests involve in exploring the mechanism of neurological disorders and translational studies leading to a treatment. His initial postdoctoral efforts were to examine seizure susceptibility and development in Angelman syndrome model mice and further dissect the cellular and circuit mechanisms to inform treatment strategies for the debilitating and intractable epilepsies commonly observed in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. He loves playing tennis and hanging out with his family and friends. Let's go BLUE DEVILS.
Sally earned her B.S. in Biology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014. She started as an undergraduate assistant in the Philpot lab and received Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship for her research in 2013. After graduation, she worked as a research technician for one year, focusing on experience-dependent structural plasticity in Angelman syndrome mouse model using in vivo two-photon microscopy. She joined Philpot lab for her thesis in 2016 and has worked intensively with in vivo multiphoton microscopy and the behavioral experiments. She is broadly interested in how different forms of learning and memory are closely linked to the organization of synaptic networks.
Mason earned his B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University in 2016 with a major in Biology and minors in chemistry and Spanish. He worked in a genetics lab previously, but became interested in researching neuroscience for his Ph.D. He joined the Philpot lab in May 2017. His project focuses on discovering the substrates disrupted in Angelman Syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder, in the hopes that these disrupted proteins can be targeted pharmacologically.
Marie Rougie earned her Master degree in Pharmacology from University of Strasbourg in France in 2007. She previously gained a lot of experiences in using microscopy and maintaining mouse colonies. She joined Philpot lab as a research technician in 2015. Her work focuses on molecular aspects of research such as immunohistochemistry and western blot. Also, she has been working on the IMPG2 project. Outside of the lab, she enjoys rock climbing.
Kiran earned his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 2017. He is currently in a process of transition from a synthetic organic chemist to a biologist. Kiran is currently working with Dr. HM Lee, for identifying small molecules that can regulate the expression of specific genes via high throughput screening processes. Additionally, he carries out in silico inverse drug screening computations to identify target proteins on which specific small molecules can act upon.
Sajeth recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a major in Experimental Neuroscience and a minor in Chemistry. During his undergraduate career, he studied the usage of SSRI compounds in depression networks and how they translate to maternally linked symptoms in offspring through behavioral assays in rodents. Additionally, he developed computational skills including high and low pass filtering of neural signals in human sleep studies for hippocampal consolidation of memory during sleep phases. In the future, he aims to attend graduate school to earn a PhD in Neuroscience.


The NBS has, for seven years, chartered the rise of BIM amongst the UK design community. In November, the organisation launched its first report into the views of construction product manufacturers.
With the support of the Construction Products Association (CPA), the report is now freely available for manufacturers to understand from its own community, what impact BIM is having on the industry.
"What's great to see is the shared attitude between designers and manufacturers that BIM is the future," said NBS CEO Richard Waterhouse.
Many UK manufacturers are already taking steps to provide product information in a format that can be placed into the designers' own model, and manufacturers agree that BIM information will be increasingly required by specifiers.
However, work to support this community is still needed as only a minority – 21 percent – believe they are confident when it comes to BIM knowledge and skills.
And for those who are progressing well, the community is relying on collaboration from those outside their own organisations to help overcome barriers to BIM.
Peter Caplehorn, CPA Deputy Chief Executive and Policy Director, said: "Whilst still far from the norm, there is no doubt the UK construction industry is on the cusp of a technological advancement.
Manufacturers believe that BIM will deliver real benefits, including reducing costs and creating time efficiencies through the design, build and maintenance lifecycle. These benefits are in line with the government's construction strategy goals; yet 64 percent don't believe that the government is enforcing BIM.


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